Courses

PADI®, or the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, has been teaching people to dive for over 40 years.
With 135,000 Professionals throughout the world, PADI® training offers simply the best way to master the art of scuba diving. So, take advantage of all the PADI® courses offered at Beaches and you’ll soon be exploring the wonders of the Caribbean underwater universe.

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Discover Scuba Diving

Have you always wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater?

Have you always wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater? If you want to try scuba diving, but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is for you. You can try diving while you’re on your vacation. Although a DSD is not a certification, it is an easy introduction to diving and the underwater world.

To sign up for a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience, you must be at least 10 years old. No prior experience with scuba diving is necessary, but you need to be in reasonable physical health.

What will you learn?

You learn the basic safety guidelines and skills needed to dive under the direct supervision of one of our instructors. If you make an open water dive, you’ll practice a few more skills in shallow water to prepare for your adventure. Get ready to:
• Go over the equipment you use to dive and how easy it is to move around underwater with your gear.
• Find out what it’s like to breathe underwater.
• Learn key skills that you’ll use during every scuba dive.
• Have fun swimming around and exploring.

Open Water Diver (course)

This course is the world’s most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle.

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

Knowledge Development (online, or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving

Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills

Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore!

The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time (something you’ll never forget) and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, you’ll make two dive to learn the diving skills and four dives at the local dive spot under the supervision of your PADI instructor.

Advanced Open Water Diver (course)

The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water.

This is a great way to get more dives under your belt while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI Instructor. This course builds on what you’ve learned and develops new capabilities by introducing you to new activities and new ways to have fun scuba diving.
You’ll hone your skills by completing five adventure dives that introduce you to:

The Fun Part: Your Choice
One reason you’ll love the Advanced Open Water Diver course is that you and your instructor choose from 15 types of Adventure Dives to complete your course. You can try your hand at wreck diving, peak performance buoyancy and much more.

Adventure dives

You can sample three dives of your choice, get a taste of what you like, and feel more at ease in the water, strengthening your underwater skills and letting you enjoy scuba diving more than ever. Here are the available Adventure Dives to choose from:

Enriched Air Diver

Deep Diver

Wreck Diver

Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver

Night Diver

Boat Diver

Navigation

Drift

Search & Recovery

Boat Diver (Specialty)

Much of the world’s best scuba diving is accessible only by boat

Whether you’ve never made a boat dive or you’ve logged dozens, the PADI Boat Diver Specialty course will benefit you because boats in various parts of the world do things differently. Scuba diving from a boat is fun and relatively easy because you usually descend directly onto your dive site.

If you’re a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver who is at least 10 years old, you can enroll in the Boat Diver course.

What will you learn?

The PADI Boat Diver course will expand your knowledge about boats from small inflatables to large live-a-boards. You’ll gain experience scuba diving by completing two dives from a boat in your local area and learn:

Boat terminology

Boat diving procedures and etiquette, including how to enter and exit, and where to stow your gear

Boating safety, including how to locate safety equipment.

At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.

Night diver (Specialty)

Viewing St Marie’s rif spectacular reef by day is incredible, however, after nightfall the underwater paradise transforms into another world altogether.

Illuminated by the full moon, the coral and fish species are spectacular. You will feel like you are on another planet.

(Junior) Open Water Divers or higher, to who are at least 12 years old, can enroll in the Night Diver specialty course.

What will you learn?

Scuba diving at night teaches you to focus on what you can see in your light’s beam, on controlling your buoyancy by feel, on staying with your buddy and on paying attention to details you may overlook during the day. During three night dives, you’ll practice:

Light handling and communication techniques

Entering, exiting and navigating in the dark

Identifying how plants and animals differ or change behavior at night

At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.

Deep Diver (Specialty)

After your first few scuba dives, you soon want to explore a bit deeper.

There’s something exciting and mysterious about the depth that attracts dives. At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.

What will you learn?

Techniques for diving in the deeper range of 18-40 metres/ 60-130 feet

Deep scuba diving equipment considerations

Experience in planning, organizing and making at least four deep dives under the supervision of our PADI (Master) Instructor

At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.

Wreck Diver (specialty)

Whether purpose-sunk as an artificial reef for scuba divers, or lost as the result of an accident, wrecks are fascinating windows to the past.

Ships, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for discovery, potentially unlocking a mystery or spying something others have missed. The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course is popular because it offers rewarding adventures while observing responsible wreck diving practices.

If you’re at least 15 years old and have earned a PADI Adventure Diver certification or higher, you can enroll in the Wreck Diver Specialty course.

What will you learn?

There are many different types of wrecks, some of which are protected by laws that guard their historical and cultural significance. Your training starts by reviewing guidelines for researching and respecting wrecks. During four dives you’ll learn:

Safety considerations for navigating and exploring wrecks

Surveying and mapping a wreck

Using penetration lines and reels to guide exploration

Techniques to avoid kicking up silt or disturbing the wreck and its inhabitants

Search and Recovery (specialty)

It happens: People accidentally drop things from docks, off boats or even while scuba diving.

If you’ve ever lost something in the water and wanted to go find it, then the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is for you. There are effective ways to search for objects underwater that increase your chances of success. And there are good and better methods to bring up small, large or just awkward items. Search and recovery can be challenging, but a whole lot of fun.

PADI (Junior) Advanced Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old can enroll in the Search and Recover Diver course. PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers with a PADI Underwater Navigator certification also qualify.

What will you learn?

Gathering information and resources, then carefully planning a search are the first important steps you learn. During four scuba dives you’ll practice:

Swimming search patterns using your compass and natural navigation

Locating large and small objects using various search patterns

Using a lift bag for large or heavy objects, plus other recovery methods

Planning a search operation based on facts gathered about a lost object prior to the dive

At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.

Underwater Navigator (specialty)

Be the scuba diver everyone wants to follow because you know where you are and where you’re going.

The PADI Underwater Navigator course fine-tunes your observation skills and teaches you to more accurately use your compass underwater. If you like challenges with big rewards, take this course and have fun finding your way.

If you’re a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver who is at least 10 years old, you can enroll in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course.

What will you learn?

You’ll learn the tools of the trade, including navigation using natural clues and by following compass headings. During three scuba dives, you’ll practice:

Methods to estimate distance underwater

Compass navigation while making at least five turns

Marking or relocating a submerged object or position from the surface

Underwater map making

At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.

Peak Performance Bouyancy (specialty)

Scuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float.

It can be a tricky thing. Divers who’ve mastered the highest performance levels in buoyancy stand apart. You’ve seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover, almost as if by thought. They interact gently with aquatic life and affect their surroundings minimally. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course refines the basic skills you learned as a PADI Open Water Diver and elevates them to the next level.

What will you learn?

How to trim your scuba gear so you’re perfectly balanced in the water

Nuances in determining weight so you’re not too light nor too heavy by even a slight degree

How to streamline to save air and move smoothly through the water

How to hover effortlessly in both a vertical position and a horizontal position

At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.

Enriched Air Diver (specialty aka Nitrox)

The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why.

Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives.

You can typically stay down longer and get back the water sooner. No wonder many divers choose this as their very first specialty.

What will you learn?

Techniques for getting more dive time by using enriched air nitrox

Enriched air scuba diving equipment considerations

Enriched air considerations, including managing oxygen exposure, how to tell what’s in your scuba tank and how to set your dive computer

At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.

Divemaster (course)

Looking for the first step in working with scuba as a career?

Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with our PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

During our PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems as well as help others improve their scuba. You put this knowledge into action through a structured internship or series of practical training exercises.

At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.

Rescue Diver (course)

A Rescue Diver Course at Divers Republic will test your ability to solve problems under pressure and give you the tools to spot and deal with difficult situations before they develop into full-blown crises

With its emphasis on prevention, self-rescue, and the importance of managing situations effectively, the Rescue Diver Course will equip you to deal with a wide range of typical problems, making you a better buddy, and increasing your confidence as a diver.

Scuba divers describe the Rescue Diver course as the most challenging, yet most rewarding course they’ve ever taken. Why? Because you learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver, knowing that you can help others if needed. During the course, you learn to become a better buddy by practicing problem solving skills until they become second nature. Plus, the course is just fun – it’s serious, but still allows for lots of laughter in between the focused learning.

(Junior) Advanced Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old and have completed the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive may enroll in a Rescue Diver course. You also need to have Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months. You can complete this training during the Rescue Diver course. Our (Master) instructor also offers the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider specialty diver course at the same time.

What will you learn?

The Rescue Diver course prepares you to deal with dive emergencies, minor and major, using a variety of techniques. Through knowledge development and rescue exercises, you learn what to look for and how to respond. During rescue scenarios, you put into practice your knowledge and skills. Topics include:

Self rescue

Recognizing and managing stress in other divers

Emergency management and equipment

Rescuing panicked divers

Rescuing unresponsive divers

At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.

Emergency First Response (course)

This focuses on building confidence in lay rescuers and increasing their willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency.

Course participants learn simple to follow steps for emergency care and practice applying skills in a nonstressful learning environment. All courses are supported by self-study manuals, videos and quick reference cards to enhance learning and allow you start learning right away.

EFR courses meet the CPR and first aid training requirements for the PADI Rescue Diver course and all professional-level ratings. Our PADI Master Instructor is also Emergency First Response Instructor.

What will you learn?

Primary Care (CPR)

Secondary Care (First Aid)

Care for Children

CPR & AED

We recomment the EFR Refresher – It’s a good idea to refresh your CPR and first aid skills every 24 months, and that’s what the EFR Refresher course is designed to do. Focusing on key skills, the course allows you to stay up-to-date and ready to lend aid when needed. At Divers Republic you will learn based on our values as we call them S.E.A. This stands for Safety / Experience and Awareness.